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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 670 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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GUERIDON , a small table to hold a See also:

LAMP (from Gr. Xag ras, a torch, Xaµaav, to shine)

lamp or See also:

VASE
VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase, supported by a tall See also:

COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column or a human or mythological figure. This piece of See also:

FURNITURE (from " furnish," Fr. fournir)

furniture, often very graceful and elegant, originated in See also:

France towards the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the 17th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. In the beginning the table was supported by a See also:

NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro or other See also:

EXOTIC (Gr. EWTIK6s, foreign, from few, outside)

exotic figure, and there is some See also:

REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to believe that it took its name from the generic appellation of the See also:

young See also:

AFRICAN

African See also:

GROOM

groom or " See also:

tiger," who was generally called " Gueridon," or as we should say in See also:

ENGLISH

English " Sambo." The swarthy figure and brilliant See also:

costume of the " See also:

MOOR

Moor " when reproduced in See also:

wood and picked out in See also:

COLOURS, MILITARY

colours produced a very striking effect, and when a small table was supported on the See also:

head by the upraised hands the See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of passive service was suggested with completeness. The gueridon is still occasionally seen in something approaching its See also:

ORIGINAL

original See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form; but it had no sooner been introduced than the See also:

ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

INSTINCT

instinct of the See also:

French designer and artificer converted it into a far worthier See also:

OBJECT

object. By the See also:

DEATH

death of See also:

Louis XIV. there were several hundreds of them at See also:

VERSAILLES

Versailles, and within a See also:

GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation or two they had taken an infinity of forms—columns, tripods, termini and mythological figures. Some of the simpler and more artistic forms were of wood carved with See also:

FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar decorative motives and gilded. See also:

SILVER

Silver, See also:

ENAMEL (formerly " amel," derived through the Fr. amail, emmll, esmail, from a Latin word smaltum, first found in a 9th-century life of Leo IV.)

enamel, and indeed almost any material from which furniture can be made, have been used for their construction. A variety of small " occasional " tables are now called in French gueridons.

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